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March 30, 2006
Boldface Barney: Times Gets Nowhere Fast at MoMA
Thank God for The Times's Boldface column, without which the outside world would never have known what transpired at Tuesday's Drawing Restraint 9 premiere at MoMA. Were it not for one of Campbell Robertson's fearless stringers, we would have missed out on John Cameron Mitchell and Cynthia Rowley sightings, we could not envision Björk in a kimono and we would not have felt this close to the ever-cryptic Matthew Barney:
"It makes for a very well-lubricated communication," said MATTHEW BARNEY at the premiere of his new film, Drawing Restraint 9, at the Museum of Modern Art. ...
(Björk) and Mr. Barney, who have a child, are both in the film.
"I think that's for me worth a lot in a situation like this," Mr. Barney said, "because these films aren't dialogue-driven, the story doesn't fall into place in a traditional way." ...
Had he considered moving on from petroleum jelly to other substances? Say, a condiment?
"Mayonnaise is nice," he said, with the air of someone who had given it some thought. "But it rots quickly."
A digressive report from Tuesday's Beastie Boys event curiously overlaps The Boldface/Barney Experience, but the general sense of unbridled absurdity masquerading as high art comes through loud and clear. You can thank them later.
UPDATE: Your kimono dreams come alive at indieWIRE, where party-hound Brian Brooks has the scoop behind his hard-won pics of Barney and Björk.
Posted by stvanairsdale at March 30, 2006 09:28 AM
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